Poland

Euroleague Basketball has increased its media-rights income in the 2016-17 season by 36 per cent compared to 2015-16, and this will rise further in 2017-18 thanks mainly to a blockbuster deal in Greece.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium and Poland to the Glory: Collision kickboxing event, which will take place in Germany on December 10.

Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Sport did not show any English Premier League matches on Saturday afternoon at 4pm local time for the second weekend in a row due to fears over piracy in the UK.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured carriage deals with Polish IPTV service providers EVIO Polska and SGT.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports has teamed up with LFCTV, which is operated by English Premier League football club Liverpool, to distribute content from the in-house channel.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has abandoned plans to launch a second sports channel, according to president Jacek Kurski.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore and Taiwan for the Euro Hockey League club tournament and the EuroHockey Championships national team competition.

The national federations of 10 countries have signed up to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) new multi-cast initiative, with the sport’s global governing body keen on securing further partners before the end of the year.

Uefa’s latest deal for its national team rights in Austria is evidence of a change in strategy for sales in Europe from 2018-19, as European football’s governing body attempts to meet its targets for both revenue and exposure.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired rights for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey, an international ice hockey tournament, as well as the NHL North American ice hockey league.

Polish pay-television operator NC Plus has acquired exclusive rights to the Superliga, the top division of handball in the country, while international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has launched its third channel in Poland.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP will launch a second sports channel and make its TVP Sport platform available via digital terrestrial television, according to president Jacek Kurski.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired rights in Singapore and Taiwan to the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) World Series tournaments under a multi-year agreement.

Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat has confirmed the launch of a new channel dedicated to boxing and combat sports.

Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat and international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network are planning to launch new channels in the country, according to the Press.pl website.

Polish pay-television broadcasters Cyfrowy Polsat and Telewizja Polsat have been asked to provide information about their activities in relation to coverage of the ongoing Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament by the president of Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection.